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wave vocabulary

definitions from Chap. 23

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A type of motion that repeats in cycles harmonic motion
The amount a cycle moves away from equilibrium amplitude
A device that swings back and forth due to gravity pendulum
a unit of motion that repeats cycle
a physical system that has repeating cyles oscillator
the time it takes for each complete cycle period
a type of motion that goes from one place to another without repeating linear motion
How often something repeats, expressed in hertz frequency
The unit of frequency hertz hertz
When periodic force is applied at the natural frequency resonance
he frequency at which a system oscilloates when disturbed natural frequency
The lowest natural frequency of an oscillator fundamental
A travelling oscillation that has properties of frequency,wavelength and amplitude wave
The distance from any point on a wave to the same point on the next wave wavelength
The leading edge of a wave wave front
Moving waves that have crests in parallel strait lines plane waves
Moving waves that form circles around a single point circular wave
The process of waves bouncing off an object reflection
The process of waves bending around an object or passing through an opening diffraction
What happens when the wave gets smaller and smaller as it passes through a material absorption
A wave whose oscillations are not in the directions it is moving transverse wave
A wave whose oscillations are in the direction the wave is moving like sound waves longitudnal wave
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